Concrete building construction.



A. H. VAN PAEMEL. CONCRETE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6 I9I5.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

Appncatidneiea May s, 1915. serial No. 26,232.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ACHILLEs H. VAN PAEMEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Concrete Building Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in concrete building construction, Vand more especially to an improved construction for securing laths thereto.

rl`he invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of lparts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this speciiicatiom: an in which, Y

Figure l is a top plan view of a portion of a wall embodying my invention, Fig. 2, an

interior elevation of the same, and Fig. 3,

a vertical section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawing comprisesawall having tiles 4 embedded centrally therein between an inner wall 5 and an outer wall 6 of concrete. Wooden uprights 7 are also embedded in the inner wall portion 5 with their inner faces Hush with the inner face thereof and the laths 8 are secured to said uprights. In actual practice the uprights 7 and Vlaths 8 secured 'thereto are preferably formed in sections, the abutting sections of the uprights 7 being connected together at their meeting ends by means of dowels 9 and the concrete is filled into the wall'construction after the lath sections are placed in position. The uprights 7 are frusto-pyramidal in horizontal section with their larger portions placed inwardly so as to effect a dovetail connection between the lath construction and the concrete to prevent ready v withdrawal of the same.

Vertical iron rods 10 are embedded in the outer concrete wall portion 6 immediately adjacent the outer Vsides of the tiles 4 and are connected with dowels V9 by means of tie wires 11, thus firmly tying the construction together. An outer wall 12 having an inner sheet iron lining 18 provided with vertical and horizontal ribs 14 is provided to facilitate the forming of the concrete construction, the ribs 14 serving to imitate portions of stone as will be readily understood.

To further add to the ornamental appearance of the wall, horizontal strips 15 are arranged across the inner face of the wall 12 to produce corresponding recesses in the walls as will be readily understood. Uprights 16 are arranged against the outer face of wall 12 and are held in position by Vbolts 17 passing horizontally through the construction as Vindicated to hold the. parts in place during formation of the concrete construction, tubes 18 being embedded in the f construction to accommodate bolts 17 and permit of their ready withdrawal after the Construction has set. Y

While I have 'illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited tothe precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended'claims.

Havingdescribed my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A building construction Comprising a wall of concrete formation having wooden uprights embedded in the inner portion thereof, said-uprights Abeingformed in sections with dowels connecting said sections;

upright metallic rods embedded in said con-V crete formation; and wire tie members connecting said dowels and rods, substantially as described. A l

2. A building construction comprising a wall of concrete formation having wooden uprights embedded in the inner portion thereof with their inner faces flush with the inner face of said formation, said uprights being formed in sections with dowels connecting said sections; upright metallic rods name to this specification in the presence embedded in said concrete formation; Wire of two subscribing Witnesses.

tie members connecting` said doWels and rods; and horizontal tubes embedded in ACHILLES H VAN PAEMEL 5 said Wall formation, substantially as de- Witnesses:

scribed. JOSHUA R. H. Portes, In testimony whereof I have signed my ARTHUR A. OLSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

